Mossopp
14-12-2004, 21:52
I saw this on the IMDB earlier today. Now MSN News has picked up the story:
Degeneres Suddenly Single: Ellen Splits With Longtime Love.
It's the end of the line for Ellen DeGeneres and Alexandra Hedison. People reports the low-key couple has called it quits after four years of togetherness.
According to the mag, Hedison moved out of Ellen's Hollywood Hills digs last month.
"It's difficult for both of them and very sad," a source tells the magazine. "They were a private couple and they hope they can separate privately."
But privacy may be a problem after a story in Monday's New York Post linking DeGeneres to Portia de Rossi, 31, whom she was allegedly hanging out with at VH1's Big in '04 show on Dec. 1.
So has the popular talk show host already moved on? Not so much, says an insider, who is quick to dismiss the rumor of a romance between the two blondes, insisting it's complete hooey.
Reps for both DeGeneres and de Rossi issued the standard no comment when contacted by MSN Entertainment.
DeGeneres, 46, and Hedison, 35, a photographer and former actress, began quietly dating in 2000, shortly after Ellen and Anne Heche ended their headline-grabbing relationship. That split prompted a media frenzy that was helped along by Heche's post-breakup wanderings around Fresno waiting for the mothership to beam her up.
News of the split will come as a surprise to those who caught DeGeneres on Dateline last month, as she responded in the affirmative when asked if Hedison was the love of her life.
"Yes. Yeah. I've never felt this way before. Ever," gushed Ellen. "She's amazing. She's kind. She's funny. Really, really funny. Makes me laugh very hard. I'm happier than I've been in my entire life."
No word on whether Ellen and Alexandra have worked out custody arrangements for their two cats, Harlow and Subtle, and dog, Lucy.
De Rossi, meanwhile, has remained tight-lipped about her personal life, although she's been linked in recent years to singer-songwriter Francesca Gregorini, the daughter of actress Barbara Bach and stepdaughter of Ringo Starr.
"I live my life the way I want to live it," the "Arrested Development" beauty recently told Australia's Herald-Sun. "I am certainly not going to modify my life just to suit the paparazzi."
Any thoughts?
Is Ellen DeGeneres still relevant in the gay community anymore?
Maybe the younger folks don't realise it but 'Ellen' (the TV show, and the woman herself I guess since it was her show) was really a big thing for us back in the 90's. An openly gay character on a prime-time sitcom was unheard of untill Ellen came along. She pretty much paved the way for the likes of 'Will & Grace' and 'Queer Eye For The Straight Guy'.
It's a shame she only ever seems to be in the headlines because of who she's dating rather than her comedic/acting talents. Still, that's the media for ya! :rolleyes:
Degeneres Suddenly Single: Ellen Splits With Longtime Love.
It's the end of the line for Ellen DeGeneres and Alexandra Hedison. People reports the low-key couple has called it quits after four years of togetherness.
According to the mag, Hedison moved out of Ellen's Hollywood Hills digs last month.
"It's difficult for both of them and very sad," a source tells the magazine. "They were a private couple and they hope they can separate privately."
But privacy may be a problem after a story in Monday's New York Post linking DeGeneres to Portia de Rossi, 31, whom she was allegedly hanging out with at VH1's Big in '04 show on Dec. 1.
So has the popular talk show host already moved on? Not so much, says an insider, who is quick to dismiss the rumor of a romance between the two blondes, insisting it's complete hooey.
Reps for both DeGeneres and de Rossi issued the standard no comment when contacted by MSN Entertainment.
DeGeneres, 46, and Hedison, 35, a photographer and former actress, began quietly dating in 2000, shortly after Ellen and Anne Heche ended their headline-grabbing relationship. That split prompted a media frenzy that was helped along by Heche's post-breakup wanderings around Fresno waiting for the mothership to beam her up.
News of the split will come as a surprise to those who caught DeGeneres on Dateline last month, as she responded in the affirmative when asked if Hedison was the love of her life.
"Yes. Yeah. I've never felt this way before. Ever," gushed Ellen. "She's amazing. She's kind. She's funny. Really, really funny. Makes me laugh very hard. I'm happier than I've been in my entire life."
No word on whether Ellen and Alexandra have worked out custody arrangements for their two cats, Harlow and Subtle, and dog, Lucy.
De Rossi, meanwhile, has remained tight-lipped about her personal life, although she's been linked in recent years to singer-songwriter Francesca Gregorini, the daughter of actress Barbara Bach and stepdaughter of Ringo Starr.
"I live my life the way I want to live it," the "Arrested Development" beauty recently told Australia's Herald-Sun. "I am certainly not going to modify my life just to suit the paparazzi."
Any thoughts?
Is Ellen DeGeneres still relevant in the gay community anymore?
Maybe the younger folks don't realise it but 'Ellen' (the TV show, and the woman herself I guess since it was her show) was really a big thing for us back in the 90's. An openly gay character on a prime-time sitcom was unheard of untill Ellen came along. She pretty much paved the way for the likes of 'Will & Grace' and 'Queer Eye For The Straight Guy'.
It's a shame she only ever seems to be in the headlines because of who she's dating rather than her comedic/acting talents. Still, that's the media for ya! :rolleyes: